local & 2 on the left with general), I recommended doing local to my
patients.  Mainly because you don't feel the effect of the general when
you wake up.  And patients, including me, tends to heal or recover
quicker, from my experience.

This could be due to the extend of the impaction and not to method of
anesthesia.  Patients who opt for general tend to be very dental
phobic, and they tend to have neglected oral hygene.  So their
treatments tend to be more difficult.

This is really generalizing but the point is that there are other
factors to consider beside the method of anesthesia.

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I just had my wisdom teeth removed yesterday (All 4 - Male 35), and
decided to do a local anesthetic only.

Two reasons, one, I just didn't want to go under, and two, I had heard
"Dr. Dean Edel" quote a medical journal as saying people who did so,
experienced less post-operative jaw pain.

I misspoke in the doctor's office, and said "reduced recovery time",
but either way, he said that was bad information.

Is anyone aware of the study I am talking about?  Where might I find
it, if it exist?  I tried a search, but to no avail.

Thanks for any help,

Troy

ps - The best reasoning Dr. Edel could come up with, was that when a
patient is "out", the doctor may stretch the patients jaw more.